Woman in her 40s shot in the head on Dorchester street; suffered non-life threatening injury

A woman was shot in the head while walking in the Bowdoin-Geneva section of Dorchester Saturday night, Boston police said. She is expected to survive, police said.

Officers heard the sounds of gunfire and responded around 8:35 p.m. to investigate, Superintendent William Gross said at the scene. While canvassing the neighborhood, police found a woman in her 40s sitting on the sidewalk at Stonehurst and Norton streets who had a head wound, Gross said.

Gross said the woman was struck by at least one bullet. When emergency responders arrived, the woman was conscious and lucid.

Officer James Kenneally, a police spokesman, could not confirm whether the woman was the intended victim.

Police had not made any arrests Saturday night.

Officers removed yellow police tape at the intersection of Norton and Bowdoin streets just after 9 p.m. but continued to examine the scene, peering with flashlights onto the sidewalk outside 75 Norton St.

Gross was unable to say whether ballistic evidence had been found.

Norton Street was home to 14-year-old Nicholas Fomby-Davis, killed at Bowdoin Street in May 2010. In July 2011, Victor Gomes, 34, was shot on Norton Street during a cookout, and two people were shot there in February 2012.

Police ask anyone with information to call Dorchester detectives at 617-343-4335. To assist the investigation anonymously, call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-494-TIPS or text the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27463).